Purpose


The Department is adding, amending, and repealing several rules within Chapter 65C-29, F.A.C., Protective Investigations, to accomplish the following tasks: 1) Move definitions related to child protective investigations from Chapter 65C-30, F.A.C., General Child Welfare Provisions to Chapter 65C-29, F.A.C.; 2) Add language for assessing for and safety planning for immediate and long-term safety of a child that will be consistent with the Department’s new safety decision making methodology, and; 3) Simplify wording and resolve issues of ambiguity.